The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-11-10

Captain Black and Moses Solomon
came to tine jail at 10 O'Clock. Black had
only stepped into the office, when Jailer
Foz took him into his private room, and
talked earnestly to him. Black then
talked with each of his clients, at their
cell doors.
"Will the finding OF these bombs in
Lingg's cell change any of the plans of
the defense, Mr.. Solomon?"
"No, we will go right ahead with the
petitions and ask clemency for Lingg,
and go to Springfield Tuesday as already
arranged"
CONFIDENTIAL LETTERS.
SPRINGFIELD, November, THE gov
eTnor's mail this morning was composed
of little more than 100 letters, nearly all
of which related to the anarchists cases.
This is an increase over any previous day,
and the proportion of the requests for
olemency is also said to be somewhat
greater than yesterday. Chicago, as usual,
furnishes the most mail on this subject
and considerable number of letters are
said to have been marked personal, or
confidential. This Is quite a needless
precaution on the part of the writer's, as
no one but the governor sees his auarch-
ist mail. 1t is a significant
fact that most of the commuai-
cations are devoid of any firm
label or printing of any kind whatever
that would indicate the identity of the
sender. This, together with the fact that
so many of the letters are marked "per-
sonal," would create the impression that
a large majority of the writers are giving
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of confidence, and have decided disin-
clination to the public being informed as
to their real opinion regarding the best
policy to be pursued in this crisis. This,
without doubt, has partially influenced
the governor to refuse the publicity of
his entire anarchist correspondence.
IT WAS PURE DYNAMITE.
CHICAGO, November 7.-Sheriff Matson
this morning said that there was no doubt
as to the nature of the stuff found in
Lingg's bombs; that part of the filling
had been taken out of a couple of the
pipes and exploded, and that it had been
found to be the strongest kind of dyna-
mite. The amnesty people have their
circulars on the streets again this morn
ing, but there seems to be less dis
position on the part of the crowd
to sign petitions than on Saturday,
and but, few names are being secured.
MORE BOMBS DISCOVERED.
CHIoAGo, November Tt is reported
that the police have discovered dynamite
bombs that were secreted in the house of
an anarchist, near the gas works, in West
Division street. The police were working
ON the case all day yesterday, and have
kept their discovery very quiet. The
matter, when it became known, caused
great excitement in the vicinity of the
jail
The bombs found in Lingg's cell were
examined by chemist this morning, and
the sheriff says they proved to be filed
with dynamite.
ENGEL AND THE LAUDANUM.
CHICAGO, November 7.-Just before
noon to-day Anarchist Engel was visited
by DR.. j. l.. Gray, assistant county
physician, to whom the anarchist made a
partial confession of his attempted
suicide. In addition to swallowing the
laudanum, Engel said he took 16 NOR
phine pills. DR.. Gray was amazed at
this intelligence, but it is under
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when Engel said he had the pills ever
since he was brought to jail. That was
exactly year and half ago yesterday,
and long since then the pills ceased to
have any active power. Engel said he
swallowed the sixteen pills at gulp Fri
day night, and walked his cell all day
Saturday expecting at any moment to fall
down. When it grew towards night, and
the morphine had no effect, he resolved to
take the laudanum. After his friends left
in the evening he poured out six or seven
teaspoonfuls of the poison and tossed it
off.
DR.. Gray thinks the stuff was purchased
in some cheap drug store, and that it was
adulterated, and very poor article of its
kind. That is why the laudanum did not
take effect, for, if the drug was of the
right quality, half the quantity
Engel swallowed would have been
enough to kill him. The old men
was made drowsy by the poison, and that
was all, and his loud breathing was what
led to discovery. At first he said he had
been drinking whisky, but single glance
at the pupils of the mans eyes was enough
to convince DR.. Gray he had swallowed
opium in some form. Coffee was
given him, and he was made
to exert himself and move about.
The primary effect, such as it was, set in
and passed off and left the would be
suicide little bit dazed, this fornoon.
He was sleepy and confused, but withal
a bit talkative. When he found further
concealment useless he told why he wanted
to die. He would rather die, he said,
than go to the penitentiary for lie,
and he would rather 90 of
by the way of poison than the route or
dained by law. He did not think he had
a fair trial. The old man said he had
only made them speeches, and what he
seemed to regret most was that he had
not thirty or thirty or three hundred
speeches, when he found he was to be
hanged for speech making. He was
asked by DR.. Gray how long he had the
laudanum. He answered:
"Oh for long time"
DENoUNCING LINGG.
CHICAGO, November 7.-Prof. Salter has
produced a statement signed by all the
imprisoned anarchists, except Lingg, to
the effect that they regard him Ningg)
as monomaniac, and have had no inter
course with him for the past six months,
because of his extreme and unreasonable
views. They found he was perfectly in
toerable They denounce his possession OF
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